Automatic chicken coop door opener

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Automatic chicken coop door opener
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Australian maker Mark Stead recently got some chickens and found out the hard way that they’re early risers. In order to accommodate his new avian friends sleeping habits (and reduce the impact to his) he decided to build an automatic door opener using an inexpensive battery operated alarm clock. [Thanks, Frank!]

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